Frank horkqtjist



1,626,610 May 3f' 1927' F. HoRNQulsT SAFETY SHOE FOR RAILWAY TRUCKSOriginal Filed June l2, 1925 :Fr l

Patentedy May 3,` 19,27,

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'SAFETY- mamon RAILWAY 'Terroirs continuation. ofapiication'seriarNo."36,697`,i11ed .here 12, 19251. f 'serial No. 108,920:

The' invention relates to `improvements in safety shoes for railwaytrucks to hold them against excessive` ylateral `movement with reelrjumpy from said rails. K Y

Thefobject of. the 4invention is .tozprovide gard to the rails,`incase/the wheels should an exceptionally simple and finexpensi've,g

yet an; efficient and, reliable device of *the class set forth, whichwhen in,` operation, l* may readily slidev along therails and will have"no injurious effects upon the latter the rails.

Fig'. 5 isa detail section on linee-5 of Fig. 3.

3Q tion, it may be stated that the present apf plication isavcontinuation iny part of my pendingcU. S..application,Serial No.36,697,

filed June' 12, 1925.

3 In the accompanying drawing, a truck is and. L, respectively.l Fourkof the attachments are shown, disposed at theendstof the holsters. thisnumbervbeingpreferable for 40 a six wheel truck. whereas other numbers vmay kbe' used if desiredron trucks having more or less wheels. `v ifEach of the attachmentsl comprises a horizontally elongated shoe 6 whoselength is disposed transversely of the truck when in use, said'y shoe 6having beveled front andk rear surfaces 7 `which preferably although notnecessarily meet at the lower side of said shoe, said beveled surfacespermitting free y sliding of the shoe along a rail. The outer end of theshoe is widened by providing it with oppositely projecting integral lugs9.'

and this widened end is provided with a for disposition atthevouter sideof a rail.

f rail.

into play when thetruck wheels jump fronr Before entering intothe'deta-ils of descripk shown embodying` the usual wheels W. side'kmembers S, and upper and lower holsters U downwardly projecting integralflange 1()v This appiica'tion- 'med my 13,1 192:6.

rlfhe innerend of the shoe (itiszi--L'sol widened byf-providing itkvwith roppositely projecting,

horizontal` lugsll, and this inner end isI *y i providedfwith adownwardly projecting;

f ro'ller12jffor dispositionrat' theinner side ofl therail, y

The lugs '9/are securedfby 'bolts "or the like` 13 ltogthelowersideofthe sider membersS iny the present disclosure,` andi b'yfmeansofadditional boltsl147 and 'cl'ampingfmember 15, thef'lugs 11 are securedto lthehiwer bolster L. Then the device is so installed, at

proper placesupon thetruck, the shoe G is upwardly spaced from the rail,and the flange and roller 10 and 12 respectively, constituting auxiliaryshoes, are disposed respectively at the outer and inner sidesof the,Thus, in case 'the wheelsv W should jumpfroin the rail, the shoe is inreadinessy toengage said rail and take the vweight of the car, and theauxiliary shoes will then, by engagement with the track, preventy thetruck from moving excessively in either direction with respect-to saidtrack. Moreover, theshoes may readily slide' along the rails withoutinjury to truck or track, untilv they car yor train can be brought to astill.

The device is exceptionally simple and instandyexpensive., isefiicient'. reliable. and in every way desirable. Excellent resultsmaybe ob-y tained from the details disclosed and they are thereforepreferably followed, but with-v in the scope of the yinvention asclaimed,

variations may be made.

'Iclairm l c 1.In combination with a railway truck l1 aving a transversebolsterbetween two sets ofy wheels; a shoe rigidlymounted at the lowerside of the truck at an end of sald bolster, said shoe being elongatedtrans i versely of the truck, y projecting both 1nf.

wardly and(k outwardly from the plane of the wheels and having beveledfront and re'arsurfaces. an auxiliary shoe projecting downwardly fromthe outer end of the first named shoe and disposedat the outer side ofsaid wheel plane, and an additional auxiliary shoe projecting downwardlyfrom the inner end of the first named shoe and disposed at the innerside of the wheel plane, the main and auxiliary shoes being nor,-y mallysupported above the lowermost plane ofthetruck wheels. j j n y. o l 2. Asafetyk attachment for disposition at the end of a truck bolster, saidattachment comprising a horizontally elongated member intended to haveits length disposed transversely of the truck, said member havingbeveled front and rear surfaces and being provided with integral lugs atits inner and outer ends to receive 'fasteners for rig idly securing itto the truck, and auxiliary shoes projecting downwardly from the innerand outer ends of said member.

3. An attachment for disposition at the end of a truck bolster, saidattachn'ient comprising a horizontally elongated member intended to haveits length disposed transversely of the truck, said member havingbeveled iront and rear sides and having oppositely projecting integrallugs at its inner and outer ends to engage means for rigidly attachingit to the truck, an integral flange projecting downwardly from one endof said member and constituting an auxiliary shoe,

and a second auxiliary shoe projecting downwardly from the other end ofsaid member.

4. An attachment for disposition at the ond of a truck bolster, saidattachment comprising a horizontally elongated member intended to haveits length disposed transversely of the truck, said member havingbeveled front and rear sides and having oppositely projecting integrallugs at its .inner and out-er ends to engage means for rigidly attachingit to the truck, an integral flange projecting downwardly from one endof said member and constituting an auxiliary shoe7 and a rollerprojecting downwardly from the other end of .said member andconstituting a second auxiliary shoe.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto affixed my signature.

FRANK HORNQUIST.

